X's eyes instantly went wide as he saw the creature "species unknown. Power's unknown yet likely strong. Threat level high. Danger level high. Preparing to engage" he said as his new arm blade came out and his shield was at the ready 

iniative 16

Tam reacts more to Tori's words, than to the abomination exiting the man's flesh. Eyes wide and full of fear, she screams at Tori to move.

In that same moment, Tam draws a figure in the air with her outstretched arm and fingers. Eliciting a sheen of light that quickly spreads across her body.

ROUND1

INITIATIVE ORDER:

1)Tori

2)Mind Flayer

3)Tam/X/Gavin

4)Crowd of Gypsies

5)Elwin 

Tori is the first to react. Fitting, since she's staring right into the MF's white, glowing, beady eyes....she starts hearing horrendous whispers in her head in Deep Speech (if she can understand it...)

Torment retches as the Illithid's whispers fill her mind with dark, moist thoughts. A demonic roar rises in her throat and crescendos in a more primal call; throaty, multi-tonal and furious like a bull elk in the rut.

She draws her Scimitar deftly from its scabbard and tightens her grip on the shield, bashing the sword's pommel against her rough, wooden bulwarck. 

As her battlecry comes to an end, she slices towards the creature, the sword's blade encased in a writhing mass of thorny vines, dripping cytotoxic sap.

OOC

Tori's magic attack hits, and the Mind Flayer shivers with necrotic energy....

But its eyes light up with white light, and a blast of psychic energy bursts forth, engulfing the entire bar area. The Gypsies immediately collapse to the ground in shreeks of Terror, bleeding from their eyes and ears...Gavin grunts and squirms a bit, but is still up, and grabs his Warhammer.

OOC: Mind Blast: everyone in a 60 foot cone originating from the Mind Flayer rolls an Intelligence save DC15. Take 22 Psychic damage on a fail, and be stunned. On a success, take half damage and no stun.

Anyone stunned may roll again on their turn to snap out of it

Now Tam, X and Elwin may all take their turn (the Gypsies get skipped, since they are incapacitated)

(( Elwin's Intelligence Save: 5 ))

Intellect saving throw 11

X feels something rattle in his mechanical brain before a black liquid spurted out his metallic skull as X's eyes glowed red. He attempted to run his combat programs but his body refused to respond as his joints shook 

since my turn is next another intellect save 11
OOC:pain

 Unprepared was an understatement. He'd never seen a Mind Flayer, only heard about them... and he was caught completely off-guard by the psychic assault. Elwin roared as the mental energies momentarily stunned him.

(OOC: Come on Tam!)

Tam's terror for Tori turns inward and the pain of her past comes racing forward. Memories crash over her in a wave of regret, betrayal, and loss, sending her crashing to her knees. Dazed and terrified, she grabs the moonstone around her neck and calls to her goddess for protection from this evil.

 Tori slaps the shiny blade of the Scimitar, now gleaming and free of toxic brush, against her shield and laughs maniacally as the pathetic Quadrudont scratches its psychic claws across her brain. The laughs intermingle with groans of anguish and rage.

Everyone except for Tori and Gavin spends this whole round stunned, with Dark Speech echoing through their brains..

Gavin jumps over his bar, grabs the Mind Flayer by the Tentacles with one hand (Grapple check 21), and with the other, smashes his hammer right into its face (Tavern brawler feat/attack roll 18). He then uses his Action surge to use his Rally maneuver (Battle Master archetype), and grant everyone who can hear him 5 temporary HP. 

"Let's go, Knights of the Hanging Chicken! Time to show this Octopus **** whose Tavern this is!"

END OF ROUND1!

ROUND 2 BEGINS NOW!

Torment may take her action...

Torment lets her arms fly wide, raising her occupied fists as her hands burst into deep crimson flames. She scowls almost comically (more like a Norwegian than a Maori) and emits a menacing growl as the flames burst from her eyes and throat, dropping to the floor like globs of liquid magma before leaping toward the Tentacled Horror reaching for his flesh in a burning embrace. 

 As the flames rage, Tori's tongue flicks from the volcanic torrent and her voice can be heard above the crackle of fire: "Mother, this abomination thinks to take hold in your forest. Let us give it a place in the order of things." her laughter reaches a terrifyingly demonic chatter (and really might make a lasting impression on the patrons of the bar) and she speaks on last phrase "Piga magoti mbele ya mama wa msitu!"

Tori bursts with fire, burning the Mind Flayer badly. The Dark Speech in your minds turn into dark Shreeks of Agony....(MF rolled a 16 on its Dex check, so only half damage...it gets advantage on rolls against magic effects). Also, it rolled a 19 on its Wis Save, so the Command does not affect it. Tori feels the raw psychic energy resisting her spell...

MIND FLAYER'S TURN

The MF turns straight to Tori, and attacks her with its TENTACLES: attack roll 19 (12+7), for 15 psychic damage, and she is grappled... Also, roll an Intelligence save DC15 or be stunned...The Illithid wraps its mouth tentacles around Tori's face and start squeezing....sharp teeth inside it's wide open mouth spring out, ready to extract her brain...

Everyone else may roll another Intelligence Saving throw to try and snap out of the Stun.

Gavin once again grabs the Mind Flayer by the Tentacles, and smashes it in the face twice, effectively pounding the Illithid's brain into a pulp on top of the flaming bar (2 attacks+free grapple for Tavern Brawler feat. 18/8damage; 21/12 damage). He immediately looks around at the fire..."My bar! Not Again!"

X intelligence save 6

X could only watch as his eyes glowed even redder as he felt himself filled with a bit of anger, he desperately tried to make his mechanical body move but the commands seemed in vain 

(( Elwin's Intelligence Save: 15 ))

"RRRRAAAAGH!!!"

Elwin collected himself, his sudden quick breaths betraying the effort required in resisting the mental assault. Gripping his spear harder, he quickly glanced around, trying to assess the situation before another attack came his way.

Torment's attempt to control the powerful Flayer turned around on her, she reels back on her heels, her brain bursting into an impossible amount of pain.

The Illithid's slimy tentacles surround her head, and she cries out in terrified agony as her head experiences a new kind of pain. The bristly mandibles of the creature scratch and caress her lips and she closes her eyes, swinging her arms wildly...

Only to feel her feet land back on hard wood and suction cups rip from her face, leaving a hundred sore circles along her skin. She breathes deeply several times before looking up at Gavin. "Thank you for saving my brain, my Good Barman. Worry not for your bar!"

Shaking her head to clear the fog and terror, she grimaces and sheaths Gobiogen, the blade ringing musically. She grabs her amulet then, closing her eyes and taking meditative breaths as the fury leaves her body. 

"Mother, heal my mind again; I count on you for temperance. Wash the fires of destruction clean from this place, I beseech thee."

Stowing her shield, she fetches her water flask, and pulls the cork. She carefully tips a drop of water into the palm of her hand and grins at Gavin. "This will at least be easier to clean up!"

"Kuwa kama maji!"

She tosses the droplet from her hand at the fire. As it flies, she raises both palms toward the fire and breaths softly towards it. The droplet turns to a misty cloud, then begins to drip, slowly at first, then a downpour.

Bringing her hands together before her face, Tori claps sharply. The waters reverse, moving back into the cloud and dispersing into a fine mist, no more than a slight humidity. 

Intelligence Save = 2

Tam is slipping in and out of memories and reality. Sobbing while trying to make her way to Tori.

As the Mindflayer's mashed up Corpse bleeds out onto the floor (oozing a thick blue/purplish jellow), the Party feels themselves being mentally released from its grasp...

The Gypsies are still on the floor, passed out (all 12 of them)...

Tori casts Create Water, and easily puts out the fire, while Gavin runs around frantically, using an old floor rug and beating the fire with it.

"Aaaw, me' Insurance rate's about te' go through the bloody roof again!"

The Tavern will be fine....the fire only ended up affecting a small portion of the bar area, and it is now out.

X eventually managed to break free his new arm blade extending out as his delayed combat activation plans activated before he slowly reset himself the arm blade pulling back into his arm before lowering the shield “mental note added, tentacle face, can stun people in an area and use tentacles as a weapon” his eyes then turned into there black sockets as he looked at Tori “are you alright“